The biggest power plant in the UK Drax’s conversion to biomass condemned by campaigners. By Anders Lorenzen What the UK government have described as a cleaner and greener future for British coal […]
Row escalates over UK biomass ambitions
‘Carbon bubbles’ visit Bank of England to warn of financial crisis
By Fernando Franco Five human carbon bubbles last month paid a surprise visit to the Bank of England to talk about how failure to divest from fossil fuels could bring the biggest […]
Worst storm in decades shows Europe is not immune to extreme weather events
A coastal house by the North Sea in the United Kingdom collapsed following the worst tidal surges in over 60 years. By Anders Lorenzen The United Kingdom (UK), The Netherlands, Germany and […]
In pictures: Russia releases the Arctic 30 on bail
Text: Anders Lorenzen Captions: Greenpeace International Photos: Dmitri Sharomov / Greenpeace, Kirill Andreev / Greenpeace, Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace, Irina Ivanova / Greenpeace and Liza Udilova / Greenpeace After spending over two […]
What happens when creatives and renewables collide?
By guest contributor Charlotte Webster My message to The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Last month I was invited to The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)in Abu Dhabi. I joined a workshop […]
Abundance Generation in ground breaking partnership with Father Christmas
Photo credit: Abundance Generation By Anders Lorenzen Abundance Generation, the crowd funding platform for community owned renewable energy generation have launched a Christmas campaign with the aim of getting people to think […]
Envisioning "The World We Made" in 2050 – Jonathon Porritt at the HUB Eco Series
Photo credit: The HUB Eco Series By Friederike Hanisch Tuesday last week I had the opportunity to listen to Jonathon Porritt and Ali Freeman, talking about the thoughts and research that went […]
Amazon destruction on the rise again
By Guest contributor Daniela Montalto Last month, the Brazilian government released annual figures for deforestation in the Amazon and the news is not good. A total of 5,843 square kilometres are estimated […]
Opinion: Another Republican bites the dust
Terry McAuliffe during his campaign advocating off shore wind power. Photo credit: Chesapeakeclimate on flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Coal-rich Virginia, the seventh largest coal producer in the US, voted in Democrat and […]
Editorial: New approach needed as a global deal on climate change looks more distant than ever before
Plenary halls, Cop 19. As delegates were preparing to depart to Warsaw in Poland, where the latest installments of the UN climate talks Cop 19 concluded last week, the worst tropical storm […]
A greener life, a greener world 